Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,359 pages of information and 246,083 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

George Hilder Jacobs

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George Hilder Jacobs (1876-1939)

1881 Living at 19 Spital Street, Guildford: George J. Jacobs (age 35 born Guildford), Coach Builder Employing 30 Men and 1 Boy. With his wife Alice Jacobs (age 28 born Woking) and three children; George H. Jacobs (age 3 born Guildford); Alice M. Jacobs (age 1 born Guildford); Margaret F. Jacobs (age ? months born Guildford).[1]

1911 Living at 200 High Street, Pendinas, Guildford: George Jacobs (age 33 born Guildford), Motor Carriage Builder - Employer. With his wife Henrietta Jacobs (age 34 born Brockley. One other.[2]


1938/39 Obituary [3]

George Hilder Jacobs was born in 1876, and obtained his technical education at the Westminster Technical Institute and the Regent Street Polytechnic.

He was apprenticed with the carriage-building firm of May and Jacobs, Guildford, of which he became Manager and subsequently Partner.

On the formation of a Limited Company he was appointed Managing Director.

He died on 29th January, 1939, at the age of 62.

He was elected an Associate Member in 1912.


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